Definition of Duodinum
||Du`o*de"num (?), n. [NL., fr.
duodeni twelve each: cf. F. duodenum. So called because
its length is about twelve fingers' breadth.] (Anat.) The
part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See
Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under
Digestive.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The first part of the small intestine, starting at the lower end of the stomach and extending to the jejunum.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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